Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln ...H.W. Bell, 1903 - Всего страниц: 399 Advertising matter: p. 391-399. |
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... equal rights ; ' t is ours only to transmit these the former unprofaned by the foot of an invader , the latter undecayed by the lapse of time and untorn by usurpation— to the latest generation that fate shall permit the world to know ...
... equal rights ; ' t is ours only to transmit these the former unprofaned by the foot of an invader , the latter undecayed by the lapse of time and untorn by usurpation— to the latest generation that fate shall permit the world to know ...
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... equal in all respects , and such as now used by the cavalry company at Jacksonville . Second . Position : A plank ten feet long , and from nine to twelve inches broad , to be firmly fixed on edge , on the ground , as the line between us ...
... equal in all respects , and such as now used by the cavalry company at Jacksonville . Second . Position : A plank ten feet long , and from nine to twelve inches broad , to be firmly fixed on edge , on the ground , as the line between us ...
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... equals . As labor is the common burden of our race , so the effort of some to shift their share of the burden onto the shoulders of others is the great durable curse of the race . Originally a curse for transgression upon the whole race ...
... equals . As labor is the common burden of our race , so the effort of some to shift their share of the burden onto the shoulders of others is the great durable curse of the race . Originally a curse for transgression upon the whole race ...
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... for me to denounce people upon . What next ? Free them , and make them politically and socially our equals ? My own feelings will not admit of this , and if mine would , we well know that those of the 76 LETTERS AND ADDRESSES.
... for me to denounce people upon . What next ? Free them , and make them politically and socially our equals ? My own feelings will not admit of this , and if mine would , we well know that those of the 76 LETTERS AND ADDRESSES.
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... equals . It does seem to me that systems of gradual emancipation might be adopted , but for their tardi- ness in ... Equal justice to the South , it is said , requires us to consent to the extension of slavery to new countries . That ...
... equals . It does seem to me that systems of gradual emancipation might be adopted , but for their tardi- ness in ... Equal justice to the South , it is said , requires us to consent to the extension of slavery to new countries . That ...
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Стр. 183 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government...
Стр. 121 - I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races; that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people...
Стр. 288 - Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord, are true and righteous altogether.
Стр. 273 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Стр. 254 - A nation may be said to consist of its territory, its people, and its laws. The territory is the only part which is of certain durability. "One generation passeth away and another generation cometh, but the earth abideth forever.
Стр. 114 - I have no purpose directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so ; and I have no inclination to do so.
Стр. 134 - It is the eternal struggle between these two principles, right and wrong, throughout the world. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time, and will ever continue to struggle. The one is the common right of humanity, and the other the divine right of kings. It is the same principle in whatever shape it develops itself. It is the same spirit that says, ' You work and toil and earn bread, and I'll eat it.
Стр. 105 - In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved. I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other.
Стр. 187 - This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it.
Стр. 298 - There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course, when I came of age, I did not know much. Still, somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the Rule of Three, but that was all.